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Lionsgate 'fighting indie producer for Terminator'
Published Thursday, May 12 2011, 15:50 BST | By Daniel Sperling | 1 comment
Deadline reports that Megan Ellison of Annapurna Films has outbid the company behind Kick Ass, Buried and the Saw movies for the right to make a fifth instalment of the sci-fi series.
Lionsgate had been favourites to claim the property outright before Ellison's bid when they agreed to pay at least half of the $29.5m (£18.1m) spent by Paficior to win the Terminator rights in February 2010.
Ellison is currently funding production of Kathryn Bigelow's Kill Bin Laden and Depression-era crime drama The Wettest County In The World, starring Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy.
Fast & Furious director Justin Lin and original star Arnold Schwarzenegger are both attached to Terminator 5, which is expected to reboot the franchise following the negative reception of 2009's Terminator Salvation.
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